Links for 12-13-2015

At the White House on Wednesday afternoon, President Obama had Rabbi Susan Talve light the menorah. Talve is a member of an anti-Israel group called T’ruah that promotes the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement; she’s also a Ferguson activist. She used her moment in the spotlight to promote “justice” for Palestinians and to chant “Allah willing.”

National Front leader Marine Le Pen and her niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen both lost in today’s French election. The Socialists withdrew their candidates in those two regions and encouraged their supporters to vote for the Republican candidates, who won. Marine Le Pen had planned to run for president in 2017, but with this election result she can’t.